A military parade through Nuneaton town centre this summer has been cancelled.

It has been revealed that the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have had to pull out of their Freedom of Entry to the Borough march.

New deployment duties means that the RRF are unlikely to be in the country and will sadly not be able to undertake the proud parade on Sunday, June 9 as planned.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough councillor Barry Longden, who is the council’s armed forces community covenant representative, said: “Of course we are disappointed about this but if they are being deployed there is not a lot we can do about it.

“Hopefully we will be able to re-arrange the freedom parade for another time.”

It is understood that the 30 Signal from Bramcote Barracks will still mark the 60th birthday of the regiment with a Freedom of Entry to the Borough march on Friday, July 26.

Just four regiments have been given the Freedom of the Borough, the 30 Signal Regiment, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the Queen's Gurkha Signals and the Junior Leader regiment.

The 30 Signal march on Friday, July 26 will not only mark the 60th birthday of the Signal Regiment but also the 70th birthday of the Queen’s Gurkha Signals, which is also based at Bramcote Barracks.

Both the 30 Signal Regiment and the Queen's Gurkha Signals are due to move out of Gamecock Barracks.

In their place, the 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group from Nottingham and a newly created medical hub from HQ Medical Briadem 22 and 34 Field Hospitals, 306 Hospital Support Regiment, 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment and a medical training facility will make the barracks their new home.